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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 15, 2019Webster County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2019, 12:44 PM CDT for Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2019, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2019, 11:31 AM CDT
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Webster County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at Fort Dodge (FODI4). The gauge peaked at 15.00 ft at Mar 20, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05480500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 20 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 20 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 20 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 8:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk	57 hr
Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth	7 hr
Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	3 days
Mar 15, 3:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wright	68 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.